And the Devil Will Drag You Under

Author	Dan Simmons
ISBN	0316007021

Drood… is the name and nightmare that obsesses Charles Dickens for the last five years of his life.

On June 9, 1865, Dickens and his mistress are secretly returning to London, when their express train hurtles over a gap in a trestle. All of the first-class carriages except the one carrying...

Author

Stephen King

**4.5-stars rounded up**

A bizarrely assembled cast of characters come together to fight an evil, older and more powerful than they ever could have imagined.



That would be my single-sentence synopsis if someone were to ask me what Desperation is about.

If you have...

Author	Richard Bachman
ISBN	0451191013

**4.5-stars rounded up**

To the residents of Poplar Street, in suburban Wentworth, Ohio, July 15, 1996 seems like any other summer day. The paperboy is dutifully tending his route, the Reed twins are entertaining young ladies and the corner store is functioning like a well-oiled machine.



Not...

Author

C.L. Polk

C. L. Polk arrives on the scene with Witchmark, a stunning, addictive fantasy that combines intrigue, magic, betrayal, and romance.

In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use their unique magical gifts to control the fates...

Author	Elizabeth Moon
ISBN	0345447611

Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father’s only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it’s no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can’t hold a candle to shipping...

Author	Charles Stross
ISBN	0441014038

When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn’t take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It’s the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees’ personalities...

Author	Chip Kidd
ISBN	0060507403

After 15 years of designing more than 1,500 book jackets at Knopf for such authors as Anne Rice and Michael Crichton, Kidd has crafted an affecting an entertaining novel set at a state university in the late 1950s that is both slap-happily funny and heartbreakingly sad. The Cheese Monkeys is a college...

Author	Lyda Morehouse
ISBN	0451459296

The third installament in the Archangel Protocol. At present there are four books in this series; Morehouse is in the process of writing a prequel book called the "Resurrection Code". This book followed much in the manner as Fallen Host. I thought it was okay but the overly heavy religious themes get...

Author	Robert J. Sawyer
ISBN	0765311070

Every time I read a Robert Sawyer book I always wonder the same thing: what kind of amazing novel would come out of a collaboration between Sawyer, who has great ideas about theme and plot, and another writer, who can write good characters and dialogue? Yes, Mindscan kept me reading: the premise is compelling...

Author	C.J. Cherryh
ISBN	0749303565

"Prologue (Sunfall)" essay by C.J. Cherryh
"The Only Death in the City" short story by C.J. Cherryh
"The Haunted Tower" novelette by C.J. Cherryh
"Ice" short fiction by C.J. Cherryh
"Nightgame" short fiction by C.J. Cherryh
"Highliner" short fiction by C.J. Cherryh
"The...

Author	Anne McCaffrey
ISBN	0517128128

"A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."
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When Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and...